And the ability to add/remove effects so easily & muting/soloing/level changing combo presets was a nice touch. So rich and ‘juicy’ sounding, I couldn’t get enough of these presets.
Standouts for me are the ‘choir’ and ‘pad’ presets. There are so many great sounding presets here. And to my surprise this is a stand out synth from the collection. This synth was the reason why I bought this whole collection. It is equipped with extensive sounds, including 33,000 preset sounds and 34 cards. It provides all of the PCM, Program, and Combination data found in the original M1 and the M1EX internal PCM expansion, plus the PCM data and Program/Combination data from all nineteen optional ROM cards. The software features filter resonance, VDA modulation, and master effects. Originally manufactured in 1988, this synth produced many of the sounds from famous tracks released in the late 80’s and early 90’s, most notably you’ll find the disco organ found in Robin S’s ‘Show me love’. In this review I’ll be breaking down my thoughts on each of the synths and the collection overall. Recently KORG has been migrating and upgrading their website and online store, and now the newly updated Legacy Collection has been upgraded to included a 7th synth, the ARP Odyssey. Featuring sounds produced by the legendary KORG synthesizers. Originally released back in 2004, the KORG Legacy Collection was a pioneer of software synthesizers. For this small amount I was getting, at the time, 6 top class software synths. They were selling the Legacy Collection for a measly $90 (If my memory serves me well) and I thought to myself ‘ Why the hell not?’. Īt the time there was a rather great special that KORG was having. Having learnt where I could find this sound I headed on down to the KORG website and I wanted to purchase it. This sound preset can be found in the M1. Truthfully the only reason I got it was because I wanted a synth that could reproduce the ‘disco organ’ sound found from popular tracks such us ‘Robin S - Show me love’ & ‘Nightcrawlers - Push the feeling on’. I have been using the KORG Legacy Collection for about two years.